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Teck Resources and Anglo American announce merger in one of biggest mining deals of the decade

The deal would create the world’s fifth-largest copper mining company
The Teck Resources logo is seen on a podium before the company's special meeting of shareholders, in Vancouver, B.C., on April 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
technology

Leaked files show a Chinese company is exporting the Great Firewall’s censorship technology

Geedge Networks is providing censorship capabilities to foreign governments, including those in Myanmar, Pakistan, Ethiopia and Kazakhstan
The Great Firewall is China’s nationwide system of online censorship and surveillance.
alberta

Revised Alberta directive bans books with visual depictions of sexual acts from schools

Provincial government changes course after original plan would have banned classics of literature
By the end of next month, school boards and divisions must provide Premier Danielle Smith’s Education Minister, Demetrios Nicolaides, with a list of literary materials they intend to remove.
opinion

As a professor of literature, I have serious concerns about the debates over books happening in Alberta

Kit Dobson
british politics

Nigel Farage hails Preston Manning as his ‘inspiration,’ as Reform UK surges in polls

Former Canadian politician receives standing ovation after speech at party’s annual conference
Britain's Reform UK party leader Nigel Farage, left, shakes hands with Preston Manning as they share the stage during the party's national conference at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham, Britain, on Sept. 5.
in depthWildlife

Toronto dog owners’ clashes with coyotes add teeth to old debates about urban wildlife

Rise in sightings puts locals and city officials at odds over questions of where wild animals belong

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Marion Gommerman (right), 82, is pictured in ‘Aging and Health,’ an undergraduate course at the University of Toronto that brings together undergraduate students and residents of Christie Gardens, a retirement community in Toronto, Friday, September 5, 2025. After participating as a senior in the 2024 Intergenerational Classroom, Gommerman enrolled at U of T this year to complete the undergraduate degree she began decades ago. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail)

Gen Zs and older adults find common ground in this intergenerational classroom

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Business and Finance

FILE PHOTO: Ericsson logo is seen at its headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden June 14, 2018. REUTERS/Olof Swahnberg

Ericsson lays off about 100 Canada-based workers, citing necessary cost cuts

Quebec mall redevelopment to take landscape-first approach

A new multipurpose development — dubbed Espace Canevas — in Gatineau, Que., will combine 192,000 square feet of retail space, 180,000 square feet of office and community space, 2.4-million square feet of residential space, and 120,000 square feet of parks and public space.
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Business Brief: China’s two-track tech drive

The Great Firewall is China’s nationwide system of online censorship and surveillance.

This Canadian company is riding the wave of the global surf park boom

Surfers at the Endless Surf lagoon in Munich, Germany at O2 Surftown MUC.

Did ChatGPT write your resume? Be honest in an interview

More job seekers are using AI to help prepare job application documents – but make sure what is produced is correct, experts stress. And if asked in an interview, be honest about it and clear on how you used AI to improve your work.

Opinion and analysis

Why TD can get its mojo back by snapping up a wealth manager

Andrew Willis
Andrew Willis

Weak within and shaken by tariffs, Canada needs a new economic and fiscal model

Don Drummond
April 25, 2025 — The Port of Vancouver seen from the Waterfront Seabus terminal in Vancouver, B.C. (Isabella Falsetti/The Globe and Mail)

Carney government’s housing GST rebate doesn’t go far enough

Austin Thompson
Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney gestures to his hard hat at a lumber mill in Elmsdale, Nova Scotia, Canada March 25, 2025. REUTERS/Blair Gable

Do CEOs think they are above the law in their workplaces?

Gus Carlson
FILE - France's Laurent Freixe, Executive Vice President in the Nestle Headquarters, applauds during an event in Vevey, Switzerland, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone, Laurent Gillieron, File)

Financial lessons to instill this fall with your teenager

Anita Bruinsma
Anita Bruinsma

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charting retirement

Canadian lifespans are no longer increasing. Here are some possible reasons why

This could have impacts on life annuities and pension plan benefits, affecting retiring Canadians

U.K.’s Anglo American nearing deal to buy Teck, report says

The Teck Resources logo is seen on a podium before the company's special meeting of shareholders, in Vancouver, B.C., on April 26, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck

Wealthsimple exec apologizes to customers after data breach, says no account details were misused

An app screenshot for Wealthsimple is seen on a smartphone in a photo illustration made in Toronto, Monday, June 17, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giordano Ciampini.

Nasdaq changes rules to avoid pump and dump schemes. Will the TSX follow?

The Nasdaq Market site is seen outside the Nasdaq Market site in New York City, U.S., March 26, 2024. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid

What to do when your vision of retired life doesn’t match your spouse’s

Diane and Ian Cairns pose for a photo on the back deck of their home in Lindsay, Ontario, Sunday, September 7 2025. (Galit Rodan/The Globe and Mail)

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Carney pays tribute to late Liberal politician and legendary Montreal Canadiens goalie Ken DrydenVideo1:25

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Opinion

The U.S. is interfering with public debate in Greenland. Canada could be next

Marcus Kolga

Vancouver Mayor credits seven-month police ‘surge’ in Downtown Eastside for declining crime rates

Opinion

As a professor of literature, I have serious concerns about the debates over books happening in Alberta

Kit Dobson

The biggest tax that you’ve never heard of

Lachlan Murdoch cements control of family media empire, including Fox and WSJ

The NDP remains an unserious party for a serious time

Leaked files show a Chinese company is exporting the Great Firewall’s censorship technology

Before the Bell: What every Canadian investor needs to know today

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opinion

The 9/11 attacks reverberate around the world to this day

Nina L. Khrushcheva
Photo illustration: The Globe and Mail. Source: AP Photo Source photo: Pedestrians in lower Manhattan watch smoke billow from New York's World Trade Center on Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2001.

In B.C., candidates making early bids at mayoral jobs

A person with an umbrella walks past Vancouver City Hall on March 28, 2025. [Isabella Falsetti/Globe and Mail]

Tamagotchis are back as the pocket-sized pets ride a big wave of nostalgia

Attendees of a Tamagotchi wedding ceremony hold their Tamagotchis close together at Cecil Community Centre in Toronto, ON on August 10th 2025. Founder of the Toronto Tamagotchi Club Twoey Gray organized the event to create a new world record for most Tamagotchis married at once. Duane Cole/The Globe and Mail

TIFF documentary You Had to Be There remembers hilarity of 1972 Toronto production of Godspell

You Had to Be There film

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Canada

Dancer during the Grand Entry of the Annual First Nations University of Canada Spring Celebration Powwow in Regina, SK, April 20, 2025. (Liam Richards/The Globe and Mail)

Mastercard Foundation announces funding to boost postsecondary education access for Indigenous students

RCMP announce three men charged for Canadian gangster’s 2022 jailbreak

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I Remember Ken Dryden

World

Prime Minister Khadga Prasad Oli reacts after taking the oath of office in 2024.

Nepal’s Prime Minister resigns following deadly protests

Afghanistan quake destroyed thousands of homes, but UN hasn’t gotten to hundreds of others

Global Sumud Flotilla for Gaza says one of its boats was struck by a drone in Tunisian waters

Politics

Minister of Justice Sean Fraser responds to a question in the House of Commons in Ottawa on Thursday, June 19, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/ Patrick Doyle

Ottawa urged to ensure bubble zones protect LGBTQ and other groups from harassment by protesters

Politics Insider: Atlantic small businesses get their slice of federal support pie

Trump must pay $83.3-million defamation to E. Jean Carroll after court throws out appeal

Sports

Minnesota Vikings tight end Josh Oliver, right, is stopped short of the end zone by Chicago Bears defensive back Jonathan Owens during the second half of an NFL football game Monday, Sept. 8, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Vikings rally in 4th quarter of J.J. McCarthy debut for 27-24 win over Bears

NBA player Naz Reid’s sister fatally shot in New Jersey, boyfriend charged with murder

Montreal protest group asks mayor to exclude Israel cycling team from Grand Prix

Style Advisor

Designer Caroline Mangosing taps her Filipino roots for a new fashion venture

Designer Caroline Mangosing taps her Filipino roots for a new fashion venture

Anna Wintour names Candice Bergen’s daughter Chloe Malle as Vogue successor

What Montreal’s summer fashion festival says about its status as Canada’s fashion capital

Health & Fitness

Prescription drugs are seen on shelves at a pharmacy in Montreal on March 11, 2021. Nova Scotia's College of Physicians and Surgeons has suspended the physician responsible for writing thousands of prescriptions for Americans seeking the diabetes and weight-loss drug Ozempic. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Pharmacare law cannot be implemented in inequitable way, former advisory council chair says

Tiny robots, big questions – can tech help older adults with simple tasks?

food for thought

Mediterranean diet may offset genetic risk of Alzheimer’s, new study shows

Leslie Beck

Real Estate

Here are renderings for Anthem's SOCO Two building in Coquitlam, which is part of their Homeownership Accelerator program.

End-users, rather than investors, expected to drive Vancouver housing market higher

Kerry Gold
done deal

Calgary townhouse sells to buyer offering $20,888 over asking

done deal

Buyers’ patience pays off in pursuit of New Westminster penthouse loft

Drive

For 2026, Ram listened to customers and is back with a V8 engine.
car review

Listening to customers, Ram puts Hemi V8 back in pickup even though performance suffers

Canadian group sets goal of driverless truck travelling across Canada in 2028

car review

What used, low-range EV for less than $20,000 would you recommend for a second family car

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How a Quebec town fought to keep its ER open and welcomed foreign workers

Martine Riopel, cancer survivor and client of the Rivière Rouge emergency services and her lawyer Carl-Éric Therrien speak with the reporter and a former employee of the Rivière Rouge hospital on the 7th of May 2025. Story header: citizens of Rivière Rouge banded together to ensure that the governement did not shut down the emergency services at the Hospital in the small town of Rivière Rouge, Quebec.

Canadian ERs closed their doors for at least 1.14 million hours since 2019, records show

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